How to make Easter chicks from pompoms

Children will enjoy helping to make these Easter chicks – let them make the pompoms, then you can finish them off with their felt beaks, feet and wings.

You will need

card

yellow wool

scissors

orange felt

glue

googly eyes

How to make the Easter chicks

1. Cut two card circles measuring 7.5cm in diameter with a 2.5cm-diameter hole in the centre of each. Place the card rings together and wind wool around both rings (see diagram 1) until the hole is almost full.

2. Cut through the wool around the outer edge, tie a 30cm length of wool between the discs and pull away the rings (see diagram 2). Repeat the process to make the smaller pompoms for the chicks' heads, using 6.5cm diameter circles with 2.5cm-diameter holes.

3. Join the pompoms together with the ties. Cut four felt rectangles, shaping one end for feet and wings, and fold a diamond shape in half for the beak. Glue in place and stick on eyes. Hang up with a length of wool.